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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence
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The Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE) is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary international research and advocacy group.

Find out more or submit an expression of interest to join us: tinyurl.com/transvce
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Yesterday was beautiful and empowering. Was also so lovely to see familiar faces amongst the 100,000 people who joined the march at Trans+ Pride London. #TransPride #London
People march at Trans+ Pride London
July 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Dr Jo Clifford (she/her) - Artist - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE audio-play and discussion "Gospel According To Jesus Queen Of Heaven." Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
A person in white poses thoughtfully on a table with fruit and greenery. Bold text reads "TVCE" with event details: 8 July 2025, tvce2025.eventbrite.com.
June 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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E Scourti (they/them) - Goldsmiths College - presents a Transmission of sprayed scent strips accompanied by
spoken reflections "Scent Everywhere But a Name" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
credit: E Scourti alt text: A composite image shows two perfume testing strips with handwritten poetic text in purple ink, held up in front of perfume displays in a store. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbite.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Dr Lisa Overton (she/they) @drlisaroseycheeks.bsky.social MDX + Kevin Blanchard (he/him) @drrdynamics.bsky.social Disaster Risk Reduction @lgbtqiaindrr.bsky.social present a FUGITIVE TEACH-IN on queer survival and disaster navigation. Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25 tvce2025.eventbrite.com 🌈🎓
A flowing transgender pride flag serves as the background for bold white text reading "TVCE." Below, "8 July 2025" and a website URL: tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Morton Poulsen (he/him) - Artist - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE audio-paper: "Fear of Weakness: Songs to Agitate the Man" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25.

Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com

#TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image credit: Anders Aarvik Image Alt text: Top down photo of three bulky loudspeaker lying in a circle, facing upwards, on white pillows. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbite.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Kars Dodds @karszzzzz.bsky.social (they/he) - Independent Scholar - presents a Ritual of Refusal "LET US REST: Curating collective radical rest as an action against the trans experience
of hypervigilance" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image Credit: Alondra Glavan, https://www.alondragalvan.com/ Alt Text: Kars (they/he), a white, bald, trans-masculine person wearing a navy blue muscle tee, pale blue jeans, and pink striped socks, lounges in the corner of a gallery space amongst blue, pink, and black plastics and brown paper. He rests against a partially disfigured, person-like, soft sculpture made of blue and green upholstery textiles. They look down at this creature with a soft gaze. TEXT OVERLAY: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Oscar will now be joined by Jay Alexander (he/him) from the Transilience Youth Advisory Board, replacing Caspar. The Youth Advisory board is a group of eight exceptional young people aged 16-25 from across the South West. Launched in July 2024, they are key to shaping Transilience mission.
a figure in silhouette against a cloudy sky. they hold their head with one hand, appear to be smiling and wearing glasses.
June 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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UPDATE: @nfarr.bsky.social and Dan Scott are now joined by the wonderful Anna Clock (they/them): an artist, composer and musician. Their work spans theatre, film, radio, installation, written texts and live music: www.annaclock.com
A person with short black hair and a thoughtful expression wears a tie-dye shirt. The neutral background and soft lighting create a calm atmosphere.
June 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Dr Victoria Karlsson (she/her) - GSMD - presents an intervention "Un/folding – dangerous listening, affect and queer utopias" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Hands gently cup a folded purple origami, overlaid with bold white text reading "TVCE 8 July 2025." A website link is at the bottom.
June 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Dr T. J. Bacon (she/they) @tjbacon.com Founder of the TVCE + Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen (all pronouns) GSMD - present an intervention "To Be Perceived: Queer Truths, Emergent Self/s" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Queer #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
IMAGE CREDIT: Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen Cartoon birds in a meeting, one holding a notepad. Text overlay reads "TVCE 8 July 2025." Background sign says "We Are In." Monochrome illustration.
June 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Dr Rachel Hubbard (she/they) - UWE Bristol - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE "The Waiting Room" an audio-visual and poetic exploration of the voices of parents of trans+ people. Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Stylish, bold text "TVCE" overlays black waiting room seats against a muted wall. Date "8 July 2025" and "tvce2025.eventbrite.com" are visible below.
June 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Dr Robin McDonald (they/them) - MacEwan University, Canada - presents a Living Archive that invites participants to collectively envision a utopian model of a gender-affirming
healthcare clinic. Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #Queer #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Credit: Image created with Canva by Robin Alex McDonald Alt text: Image contains simple, two-dimensional graphics rendered in pink, blue, and white – the colours of the trans flag – on a black background. Clockwise from the top, these graphics depict pencil crayons, a spiral notebook with a pen and piece of paper, three decorative stars, a glue bottle, bits of paper, scissors, a post-it note, tape, and two more decorative stars. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Sammy Holden (they/them) our online programme curator and host - Durham University - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE film screening "Trans, Camera, Action" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
IMAGE CREDIT:Obscure Film/Sammy Holden. a square image featuring the title cards of the film, Trans, Camera, Action. In the centre are three hand-painted placards with the title reading downwards from the top in the colours of the trans flag, the non-binary flag and a placard with trans and non-binary coloured paint splotches. A paintbrush is visible on two of the placards, painting the words. The background of the image overall is digital trans and non-binary coloured paint splotches on white. Colorful event poster with bold white text "TVCE" over pink and blue stripes. Above, "TRANS", below, "CAMERA". Date "8 July 2025". Web link at the bottom to tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Anna-Helena Mclean (she/her) - GSMD - presents "Glitching the Voice: Becoming through Sonic and Gestural Practice An embodied haptic workshop-lecture using the Integrated Physiovocality Toolkit" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25 Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com 🌈🎓
A hand with black nail polish spreads fingers over an open book, conveying mystery. The text is out of focus aside from the word" Not Gender" White text overlay reads “TVCE, 8 July 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com"
June 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Thomas Jeram West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social - University for the Creative Arts - presents "Quick Change: Non-binary dress as costume, between performance and performativity" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25 Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) Alt text: A portrait photograph of Thomas Jeram-West. Thomas is a White Northern European non-binary person, with shoulder-length layered brown hair and a full beard. They wear glasses with clear frames and their nose is pierced on the left side with a small silver ring. They are half smiling at the camera as they look directly into it. They are wearing a white and yellow striped shirt open to show a white t-shirt underneath, and a thin silver chain around their neck. They are in front of a set of bookshelves, blurred in the photograph. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Prof Nick Mulé (he/they) - York University, Toronto, Canada - Presents "Imagining and Authenticating Trans Liberation" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25.

Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com

#TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Smiling person with light hair stands outdoors with greenery in the background, wearing a light-colored shirt. Text overlay: "TVCE 8 July 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com."
June 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Dane Eissler (they/he/it) @dmeissler.bsky.social - TransArt Institute USA - presents a workshop "(Re)Discovering Play in the Act of Performance: A queer-affirming somatic journey into embodied creation" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image credit: Devon Roberts. Image alt text: Dane Eissler in blue and pink lighting looking straight toward the camera, wearing glasses and a turtle neck top. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh (she/او/they) - Guildhall School of Music and Drama - presents a De-Centred Meditation: "Freedom Beyond the Horizon" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
A person with dark hair and brown eyes in a striped shirt is smiling softly. Overlay text reads "TVCE," "8 July 2025," and "tvce2025.eventbrite.com"
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Dr E. M. Parry (they/them) - (Doctorate University of Brighton) presents a Durational Performance: "Needlings."

Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25.

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#TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image credit - E.M. Parry & Adrián Coto Alt text: A close up photograph of silicone skin, white flesh tone. The ’skin’ is embroidered with ’tattoos’ in different coloured thread. A black skull, a blue heart, and the words ‘larp’ and ‘WE WANT’ can be made out, amongst other stitching and loose threads. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Prof Alexa Alice Joubin (she/her) ‪‪@profjoubin.bsky.social‬ - George Washington University, USA - presents a Fragmented Paper "What Is Transness? Field Notes from an Interloper"

Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25.

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#TransPride #Pride #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image credit is: Alexa Alice Joubin Alt text: An East Asian woman with hair updo and a red and black dress standing in front of a window, looking into the camera. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Prof Mika Gratzke @mikagratzke.bsky.social (he/they) - Independent Scholar - Presents an ONLINE Exclusive Workshop "A carrier bag of queer experiences: zine making and sharing as acts of hope" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image credit: Mika Gratzke ALT text for image: A pink A5 zine titled Re/searching gender euphoria. Not a perzine. Second & revised edition. On the cover is a picture of the author as a child, This is a headshot of a young person with nearly shoulder-length fair hair. They are wearing a 1970s shirt with a long pointy collar. Their expression is calm, they look straight into the lens with a hint of a smile. Text Overlay: TVCE 8 July 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Dr Dan Scott (they/them) + Nic Farr (they/them) - CSSD - present "Wave Function" exploring “bodies of water” as trans* spaces for poiesis, embodiment and resistance. Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25.

Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Queer #LGBT #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image credit: Nic Farr Alt text: Abstract, blue, wave-like forms on a white background Text Overlay: TVCE 8 July 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Katie Munday @kmunday.bsky.social (they/them) - University of Portsmouth presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Transmission: 'Coming into my power as a trans Autistic activist and academic.' Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25.
Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com
#Trans #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
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June 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Eleanor Rivers (she/they) - Independent Researcher - presents a Fugitive Teach-In: 'Trans Liberation in the age of suppression.' Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25.

Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com

#TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
Image credit (photographer/artist) Eleanor rivers – the closet 2023 Alt text: A wooden closet sealed shut with caution tape, it bares the word AIDS written in pink lipstick, pink handprints and the words sex-ion 28 as a play on the section 28 A Text Overlay reads: TVCE 8 JULY 2025 tvce2025.eventbrite.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Pedro de Senna (he/him) @pedrodesenna.bsky.social - Director of the Brazilian Association of Futurists presents a Workshop 'Emergent trans+ futures co-creation session' Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25 Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓
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June 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM